Action movies have always been an important genre of Hong Kong movies, and many kung fu stars have been born, such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Yuan Biao, and some villain kung fu supporting roles, such as Yuan Hua, Zou Zhaolong, Lo Wai Kwong, Li Haisheng, Qiu Yunbo, Ren Shiguan and so on. It is worth mentioning that there are several action actors from bodybuilding in the Hong Kong film industry.
1. Zhang Che's first generation disciple: Zheng Lei
Zhang Che's disciples are numerous, there are 6 generations, of which the first generation has 4 people, namely Wang Yu, Noon Ma, Luo Lie and Zheng Lei, the first 3 people are familiar to everyone, Zheng Lei is relatively unfamiliar, he is Mr. Bodybuilder, a body of muscles, early Zhang Che has been shown in many movies, such as "Tiger Hero Annihilation", "Border City Three Heroes", "Great Assassin", "One-Armed Knife", "One-Armed Knife King" and other films.
Although Zheng Lei has a muscle, helpless appearance and height restrictions, so he can only play supporting roles, and has been in a tepid state, in the 70s into the development of television, has been in Jiayi TV, Li, wireless stay, when he was a child, he played the role of Zhao Xingxian in the popular "Huo Yuanjia" in the north and south of the river, as well as "Chen Zhen" Sato Bachuan. There are also many Jin Yong martial arts dramas that also have his figure, such as the Kindness of the Gu Tianle version of "Divine Eagle Hero", the Mu Gaofeng of Lu Songxian's version of "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes", the Wu Boss of Huang Rihua's version of "Tianlong Babu", etc. After the new century, Zheng Lei faded out of the show business circle, and there is basically no news at present.
2. President of the American Chinese Bodybuilding Federation: Youngs
Zhang Che likes muscle men It is well known that Yang Si was excavated by Zhang Che after winning the bodybuilding competition championship, joined shaw film company, and starred in films such as "Ranger", "Thirteen Taibao", "Evil Guest", "Young Man", "Vendetta Ring" and so on, basically all of which are strong men's roles. One of the characters that everyone is most familiar with should be Shi Jian's subordinate in "Dragon Fight tiger fight", who failed to fight Bruce Lee, and it was John Saxon who played against him.
In the 1980s, Yang Si also participated in many Hong Kong films, and cooperated with Hong Jinbao in "Fuxing Gaozhao", "Rich Train", "Thunderbolt Loudspeaker", "Best Lucky Star", "Wrong Reference", and participated in Hollywood films in the 90s, such as "Jedi Double Zun", "Thunderbolt Battle", "Defending Crisis", etc. After the new century, he gradually faded out of the film world, and is currently the president of the American Chinese Bodybuilding Federation.
3. Mr. Malaysia 4th Term: Chen Zhiliang
There are many Malaysian actors in the Hong Kong film industry, such as the female Yang Ziqiong, Bo Annie, Cheung Wai Yee, Li Xinjie, Jian Huizhen and of course Chan Chi-leung, who is a well-known bodybuilder and a four-time Malaysian winner. In the late 1980s, Chen Zhiliang retired from the army and entered the Development of the Hong Kong film circle, portraying many classic roles. The most familiar to us should be the Beicang Heavenly King Ah Hai of "The King of Force", and fan Shaohuang, the intestines are pulled out. "Force King" is a bloody, violent, bloody action movie.
There is also the coach in "Scorpion Warrior" to help Qian Jiale fight against the Yuan Zhen of Scorpion Kung Fu, who has great strength but cannot beat Scorpion Kung Fu. The most brilliant person in "Scorpion Warrior" is not Qian Jiale, Liu Jialiang, Chen Zhiliang, but Yuan Zhen, whose set of scorpion skills is amazing, unique in the Hong Kong film industry. In addition, Chen Zhiliang has also participated in films such as "Lame Hao", "Rising Storm", "Exorcism Police", "Peter Pan" and so on, and disappeared after acting in "Black and White Road" in 2006, and faded out of the film world early.
4. All Japan Women's Bodybuilding Champion: Michiko Nishikyo
There are many Japanese actors in the Hong Kong film industry, such as Yasuaki Kurata, Shinichi Chiba, Yugari Oshima, Michiko Saigami, Shinobu Nakayama, Fujimi Takagi, etc., of which Michiko Nishikyo, Yugari Oshima and Fujimi Takagi are known as "Toyo Sanshu", and are well-known girls in Hong Kong movies. Xi Xie Michiko is a bodybuilding champion, in 1985 into the Development of the Hong Kong film industry, the role of the "Snake Scorpion Beauty" type, the first Hong Kong film is Hong Jinbao's "Fuxing GaoZhao", starring as a female thug, and Hu Huizhong's equal, the result was knocked down by Hong Jinbao. There is also a character that everyone should know, the beginning of "God of Gamblers" and The Japanese Miss Kikuko who is high into the dice. There is also the female villain in "Exorcist Police", and the nine uncles Lin Zhengying Fighting Method.
Nishikyo Michiko and Oshima Yugali have cooperated many times, such as "Royal Sister 3", "Best Thief Partner", "Bahai Hongying", and also cooperated with Huiyinghong, Yang Lijing, Li Saifeng, Hu Huizhong, Yang Panpan and other hit girls. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Michiko Got married and had children, settled in the United States, and began to work as an action stand-in in Hollywood, serving as a stand-in for Hu Kaili in "The Scorpion King" and Liu Yuling as a stand-in for Liu Yuling in "Thunderbolt Jiaowa". After acting in "African Ninja" in 2009, he disappeared.
In fact, TVB held a miss bodybuilding session in 1985, but the second one was not held until 2000, and the champion of that edition in 1985 was Ma Jingyi, that is, Ruan Xingzhu of Huang Rihua's version of "Tianlong Babu". There are also Liu Meijuan, Mei Xiaohui, He Meiting three also through that bodybuilding Miss entered the industry. However, these people did not become action actors later, so I will not introduce them one by one, but then you know which action actors from bodybuilding backgrounds do you know?